Life Quotes - Page 110

I don't know the question, but sex is definitely the answer.

The human soul has still greater need of the ideal than of the real. It is by the real that we exist; it is by the ideal that we live.

Sheer effort enables those with nothing to surpass those with privilege and position

If I had to live my life again, I'd make the same mistakes, only sooner.

Remember, remember, this is now, and now, and now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.

Life has meaning only in the struggle. Triumph or defeat is in the hands of the Gods. So let us celebrate the struggle!

Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important.

The greatest discovery in life is to discover that our essential nature does not share the limits nor the destiny of the body and mind.

The supreme irony of life is that hardly anyone gets out of it alive.

A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects.

Anyone who is in love is making love the whole time, even when they're not. When two bodies meet, it is just the cup overflowing. They can stay together for hours, even days. They begin the dance one day and finish it the next, or - such is the pleasure they experience - they may never finish it. No eleven minutes for them.

When someone leaves, it's because someone else is about to arrive.

If you’re brave enough to say goodbye, life will reward you with a new hello.

The fight life, that was easy. This is a battle I have every day.

To reach a port we must sail, sometimes with the wind, and sometimes against it. But we must not drift or lie at anchor.

Respect for the fragility and importance of an individual life is still the mark of an educated man.

It is okay to be at a place of struggle. Struggle is just another word for growth. Even the most evolved beings find themselves in a place of struggle now and then. In fact, struggle is a sure sign to them that they are expanding; it is their indication of real and important progress. The only one who doesn't struggle is the one who doesn't grow. So if you are struggling right now, see it as a terrific sign - celebrate your struggle.

I'm sick of following my dreams. I'm just going to ask them where they're goin', and hook up with them later.

No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he'd only had good intentions; he had money as well.

In our life there is a single color, as on an artist's palette, which provides the meaning of life and art. It is the color of love.

Life is not an easy matter... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.

One should never forget that by actually perfecting one piece one gains and learns more than by starting or half-finishing a dozen.

Don't set your goals too low. If you don't need much, you won't become much.

Sometimes the road less traveled is less traveled for a reason.

A snake knows more about what is happening around than any other creature, because it has no ears to listen to gossip - only direct perception.